Renee Nicole Good, the ‘amazing’ poet mother of three, shot dead by ICE agents in ‘public execution’
There has been an outpouring of grief for the “amazing” poet Renee Nicole Good, after she was shot dead by ICE agents in Minnesota on Wednesday.
Born in Colorado Springs, the 37-year-old mother-of-three was killed after her vehicle blocked a street during an active ICE operation.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has claimed that officers were forced to open fire because Good had “engaged in domestic terrorism.”
Noem said that Good rammed her vehicle into officers while leaving the scene, although this version of events has been disputed.
Good’s mother, Donna Granger, referred to her daughter as “one of the kindest people I’ve ever known” in an interview with The Minnesota Star-Tribune. She added that Good was “not part” of any organized protests against ICE.
“She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life,” Granger said. “She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
Her father, Tim Granger, echoed Donna’s sentiment. Speaking to The Washington Post, he said that his daughter had a “good life, but a hard life.”
Donna later told The Daily Telegraph that her late daughter was living in Minneapolis with her wife, Becca Good.
The pair had settled in Minnesota’s biggest city, after a short stint in Canada. The northward move was motivated by Trump winning the 2024 presidential election, former neighbor Joan Rose told KMBC News.
They returned to the U.S. shortly after to live in Minneapolis.
Speaking to KMBC, Rose said her former neighbor was “not an extremist.”
“A neighbor who, you know, is not a terrorist,” she said. “Not an extremist. That was just a mom who loved her kids, loved her spouse.”
Rose said that she learned her Renee had been killed, after another neighbor recognized her.
“When my neighbor says I recognize her, that’s Renee screaming, that sends chills down my spine,” Rose said.
